Monday, January 02, 2006
Italy: A food diary
While it's still fresh in my mind and stomach...
Day 1: Naples
Lunch - Pizzeria Port Alba - Marinated seafood and Pizza quattro formaggi - the best pizza I've ever had
Dinner - Pizzeria Port Alba (nowhere else was open) - Sauteed seafod and Linguini con vongole
Day 2:
Lunch - Positano - restaurant by the sea - Spaghetti with prawns and tomato
Dinner - Naples - Vera pizzeria - Pizza with anchovies and capers - apparently I needed some salt
Day 3: Naples
Lunch - Caffe Arte - Costoletta milanese with mushrooms and potatoes
Dinner - Antica Osteria - Rigatoni with calamari, Veal limone, Fried artichokes - very simple place; fellow clientele looked like low-level camorra.
Day 4: Rome
Lunch - Tourist trap by Pantheon - Spaghetti con aglio olio e peperoncini
Dinner - Cul de Sac - Pate selection, tongue with mustard sauce, oxtail, cheese selection
Day 5:
Lunch - Tivoli - Station cafe - Chicken cutlet sandwich (mediocre)
Dinner - Rome - Spaghetti bolognese and spinach - spaghetti only a bit above average but spinach delicious
Day 6: Rome
Lunch - Trattoria del' Teatro - Pasta e fagioli and Risotto con funghi
Dinner - Trattoria del' Teatro - New Year's Eve dinner - calamari, panzerotti with pumpkin, spaghetti with calamari and prawns, calamri, prawns and fish, creme brulee
Day 7: Rome
Lunch - Moretta - Marinated artichokes, linguini with mushrooms
Dinner - Giggetto (in the ghetto) - Artichokes Jewish style, a very good bottle of Barolo and I can't remember what else - we were drunk and celebrating.
Except where noted, every one of these meals was superb, no matter how lowly the place (and even the one I can't remember).
Soon: Italy - a photo essay.
Day 1: Naples
Lunch - Pizzeria Port Alba - Marinated seafood and Pizza quattro formaggi - the best pizza I've ever had
Dinner - Pizzeria Port Alba (nowhere else was open) - Sauteed seafod and Linguini con vongole
Day 2:
Lunch - Positano - restaurant by the sea - Spaghetti with prawns and tomato
Dinner - Naples - Vera pizzeria - Pizza with anchovies and capers - apparently I needed some salt
Day 3: Naples
Lunch - Caffe Arte - Costoletta milanese with mushrooms and potatoes
Dinner - Antica Osteria - Rigatoni with calamari, Veal limone, Fried artichokes - very simple place; fellow clientele looked like low-level camorra.
Day 4: Rome
Lunch - Tourist trap by Pantheon - Spaghetti con aglio olio e peperoncini
Dinner - Cul de Sac - Pate selection, tongue with mustard sauce, oxtail, cheese selection
Day 5:
Lunch - Tivoli - Station cafe - Chicken cutlet sandwich (mediocre)
Dinner - Rome - Spaghetti bolognese and spinach - spaghetti only a bit above average but spinach delicious
Day 6: Rome
Lunch - Trattoria del' Teatro - Pasta e fagioli and Risotto con funghi
Dinner - Trattoria del' Teatro - New Year's Eve dinner - calamari, panzerotti with pumpkin, spaghetti with calamari and prawns, calamri, prawns and fish, creme brulee
Day 7: Rome
Lunch - Moretta - Marinated artichokes, linguini with mushrooms
Dinner - Giggetto (in the ghetto) - Artichokes Jewish style, a very good bottle of Barolo and I can't remember what else - we were drunk and celebrating.
Except where noted, every one of these meals was superb, no matter how lowly the place (and even the one I can't remember).
Soon: Italy - a photo essay.
